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Shigella trends in England – webinar recording

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In April, HIV Prevention England hosted a webinar with colleagues from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH). You can watch a video of the webinar below.

Colleagues will be aware that surveillance by the UKHSA has detected a rise in cases of extremely antibiotic-resistant Shigella sonnei infections, mainly in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM).

Shigella consists of bacteria that cause intestinal infection resulting in symptoms ranging from mild to severe (including diarrhoea, fever, and abdominal pain). In most cases symptoms subside within a week, but some individuals need hospitalisation and require intravenous antibiotic treatment.

Transmission occurs via the faecal-oral route through direct contact with an infected person, or exposure to contaminated surfaces, food or water. In the UK cases are increasingly via sexual transmission (direct oral-anal contact, oral sex after anal sex or play, including fingering or use of sex toys).

Your contribution is very important in helping us to recognise cases and raise awareness of how shigella is transmitted.

Shigella webinar recording

The webinar provided a short ten minute presentation, followed by a detailed Q&A discussion with a panel of experts from UKHSA and BASHH.

The video of the webinar below covers:

  • ‘Maybe it’s shigella’ campaign resources and information for patients
  • Brief introduction to shigella
  • Update on epidemiology of sexually transmitted shigella in England
  • Update on outbreak of extensively-drug resistant Shigella sonnei
  • Q&A discussion

Resources

Download the webinar slides: Shigella trends in England (UKHSA) [PDF]

Find out what patient resources and information are available.

National HIV Testing Week 2022 social media pack

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Give HIV the finger with Austin pointing for NHTW 2022

We’ve created a social media pack to make it easy for you to get involved in National HIV Testing Week (NHTW) and promote local activities and events, as well as the opportunity to order a free postal test.

What’s in the pack?

Images: a selection of correctly sized images for use on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (including Instagram stories) or any other social network.

Video Animations: we have included links to our Vimeo page where you can download short animations in traditional and stories formats. These are also suitable for waiting room screens.

Suggested posts: examples of posts for Facebook and Instagram plus tweets for Twitter.

Links: the suggested messaging also contain links to the It Starts With Me online testing tools, and the self-sampling postal test service freetesting.hiv.

Campaign hashtag: this year’s hashtag is #HIVTestingWeek. Hashtags are not case sensitive so using #hivtestingweek would work as well – using capitals can make it easier to read what the hashtag is about.

Download NHTW Social Media Pack 2022 on Trello

Please contact [email protected] with your requirements (i.e. social media platforms) if you’re unable to access Trello via your organisation’s web browser.

National HIV Testing Week 2022: Campaign briefing

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NHTW 2022 campaign briefingNational HIV Testing Week starts on Monday 7 February 2022.

National HIV Testing Week is a campaign to promote regular testing among the most affected population groups in England. This helps to reduce the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV and those diagnosed late.

The campaign continues the ‘Give HIV the finger: a finger-prick test is all it takes’ message and features celebrities and influencers promoting HIV testing.

We are inviting organisations to participate by running events and promoting HIV testing and prevention services with our support.

To find out more about how you can support this exciting event, download and read our National HIV Testing Week 2022 campaign briefing [PDF].

From January 2022, you’ll be able to: